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Here's a pic I found online of it.... It's not So bad, but probably still the same funky kit design with the interior molded to the top of the body.... Here's a resin body to compare it to....

It's kind of a disappointment that Palmer felt the need to mold a Volvo P1800, that probably means noone else will kit one......... I bet it would sell........

I really like this! I've thought about one of these as a custom myself..... The Tweedy Pie wheels look right at home!

Here's an obscure one by a pretty well known group.... Well, who you think you're foolin'? You say you're having fun, but You're really going nowhere, Just lying in the Sun....

You got it..... it's Modest Mouse. I've been listening to a lot of them lately....

These pens are very much the thing for stuff like detailing rim lips, like these '56 T-Bird wheel covers.....

Okay, but prepare yourself.... Here it is mocked up, kinda sad really.... I'll give them that the stickers are pretty cool that came with it, but when they stamped them with the cutter, it ruined them!

Is there anyone you don't pick on? You kinda got me with that one, duuuuuuude Get this, guys.... The local schools have closed down, but they are cooking meals at the school and delivering them to the home-bound students! Does that not seem like a bad idea?

Congratulations, Carl!

This isn't my pic, but here's what the box art looks like....

The box art is actually pretty cool, I'll try to get a pic up of it later on...... The Charger is "poppin' a wheely" with a cloud of smoke behind it....

Wow, is all I can say. Not only does it not look like the subject ('71 Charger) but it's the worst engineered kit I've ever seen. The body top half and interior are all one piece. Dad was given it as a Christmas present..... he has a '73 Charger.... He wants I should build it for him. I'm just going to tell him that I'll get an AMT kit and build that instead...... Are these old Palmer kits worth anything to a collector?

You got it...... Cake's a good band!

I enjoy seeing cars from the '40s and '50s done as customs, and muscle cars from the '60s and '70s, but you know what I really would like to have? An '83-'86 Thunderbird! (I've maybe said that before....) They share a lot of the architecture with the Mustang of that era, so a lot of the go-fast goodies for them will work on the T-Bird. You can make quite the little muscle car from one.... They can be made into a pretty nice cruiser, too, if that's your thing.....

I think you've got a touch of the Freddy-Krueger effect, there Joe..... Australian greeting.........

I used to love SNL, but I haven't watched it in a while.... not since Will Ferrell and them was on. He was a comedic genius! He gained weight just for the comedy factor it would add to his characters..... If you think about it, the "cowbell" skit with Walken wouldn't have been half as funny without Ferrell's gut hanging out from under his shirt!

I was doing a bit of reading on Napster while listening to some Alan Parsons Project. Turns out, he helped to produce the Beatles "Abbey Road" album, as well as Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"..... I like a lot of Alan Parsons' music, especially the "I Robot" album........ You guys remember on the Austin Powers movie (don't remember which one, I think it was The Spy who Shagged Me) Dr. Evil named one of his schemes "the Alan Parsons Project"? Funny stuff....

I believe I was able to hide it, guys....... I just put a couple coats of Perfect Match clear on the roof right over the primer. I could still see it thru the clear, but another coat of primer seems to have hidden it....... We'll see when body paint goes on.

How did that go? I know painting is your least favorite thing to do...... Any pics?

Good ol' Craigslist.... The only place you can find a Gotti Blue Hawaiian Jocko Razors Edge Gator Mouth Elvis Impersonator Pitt Bull ready to go at 4 weeks old. Like we don't have enough Pitts around here.....

How about a riddle.... As I was traveling to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives Seven wives held seven sacks, seven sacks held seven cats Seven cats held seven kittens.... Cats, sacks, kittens, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?

Thanks, Pete, man.... There's only a ghost of where the tire was against the plastic..... You think if I put a coat of super glue over the blemish and sand it back smooth, that it would seal in the plasticizer and keep it from leaching out?

Hey, Guys.... I recently started an '86 Monte Carlo kit. It had/has a bit of tire burn on the roof. I sanded the spot where it is nice and flat, but it's showing through the primer. Kinda looks a little "shiny" thru the primer where the tire contacted the roof....... I'm wondering if it will continue to show thru the paint as well. I primed it with DupliColor sandable..... There's not any kind of texture or anything, just a shiny spot.......... Thanks for any help, and tips on how to block it where it won't show in the final paint... I'll be painting it black, if that matters.

Absolutely! Here's another..... Well, the Universe is shaped exactly like the Earth If you go straight along, you'll end up where you were.....

Gary Larson is a genius...... Sounds like something my Auto Mechanics teacher would say. Kids can't be talked to in this manner anymore, they're too delicate........